The Academic Relations Team is responsible for offering IT students and faculty members free access to software, for enhancing knowledge and skills by providing curriculum materials and other learning opportunities, for helping students achieve their dreams by organizing an international competition, and finally for assisting last year students through career resources and job opportunities at our customers and partners. With this blog we want to inform you on our latest initiatives. Enjoy reading and stay tuned!

2 Belgian teams made it to the Imagine Cup worldwide finals. Within this blog, you can read about their daily adventure.
JULY 10 - D-DAY
Follow the award ceremony online in the live streaming - 8.00-11.00 Belgian time : http://icsocialmediateam.com/live-stream/
JULY 9TH - CULTURAL DAY
Catching up some sleep or going out for sports to destress and take some time to enjoy the city. Team Make a sign went to the taronga Zoo (as they had the bidge climbing on july 8th), team Hotfix went...

It's summertime! Time for all of us to throw ourselves into something new, fun and rewarding. With Windows 8 around the corner, now is the time to start building apps! Will your app be the next big thing? Grasp that first-mover advantage and make sure your app is in the Windows Store by the time Windows 8 hits the market. We're here to help you get your app ready with a bunch of support tools ranging from online training to App-a-thons, App Clinics and App Excellence Labs. Follow the 4 steps to getting...

We hope you have already enjoyed a bit of sunshine this summer! We sure did at the first Summer App-a-thon in Blankenberge with a full day of coding & fun topped with a great show of fresh Win8 Metro apps! Grasp the first-mover advantage too and make sure your app is in the Windows Store by the time Windows 8 hits the market on October 26th. Develop an app NOW and get a €100 Connections Gift Voucher! Millions of people around the world use Windows every day. Windows 8 gives you the opportunity...

The Imagine Cup Grants program supports a number of winning teams solutions to go to market and realize their potential to solve a critical global problem. I just attended the Imagine Cup Grants session during one of the learning session at the worldwide finals in Sydney. Here is a quick summary here for you.
In short, the program offers you funding and support for your Imagine Cup project. You receive the money and Microsoft will support you for the next 3 years. During the program you get connected...